Having learned from the mistakes made by their developed market counterparts, emerging markets have an advantage when it comes to environmental, social and governance fac...

Lockdowns will curtail economic and leasing activity in the office market over the short-term and continue to represent a key risk until vaccination levels are high enoug...

A Queensland-based financial planning firm is aiming to boost the industry’s longevity with a number of initiatives aimed at attracting younger entrants....

Banks have paid more than $7 billion to customers in remediation since the Royal Commission but this ending will leave them with more available cash to distribute to shar...

The registration of regulations to support the Your Future, Your Super reforms has been completed, while Portfolio Holdings Disclosure regulations will be finalised in th...

Australian assets flowing into global equity strategies reached $1.6 trillion in the first half of the year as funds in this sector return more than 20% year to date....

The move to include administration fees into the government’s Your Future, Your Super performance test will enhance member returns, according to an association....

There is an estimated $100 billion in cash sitting on company balance sheets following the pandemic with the expectation for increased buybacks and acquisitions, say comm...

Increased advice demand and a predicted post-COVID upswing are reasons advisers should aim to attain the highest education qualifications possible, according to Kaplan. ...

The Financial Adviser Standard and Ethics Authority has revealed how many current advisers have passed it exam, but a broader context is required to analyse exact numbers...

Social media influencers taking kickbacks is no different to the ‘bad old days’ of commission, according to one MP, as the regulator cracks down on ‘finfluencers’. ...

With several states back in lockdown, it was unsurprising that Parliamentary sessions were back to Zoom and Outsider is amused to see Parliament House is not immune from ...

While Outsider has been closely watching the daily numbers of COVID-19 cases spreading across the east coast, he finds it very confusing and struggles to figure out what ...

If there was a gold medal for advertising in the Olympics, Outsider believes Aware Super would take out the gold medal spot....

With climate change coming to the forefront, writes Katherine Neiss, there can be a role for central banks to utilise it in their monetary policy. ...

Companies are sitting with excess cash on their balance sheets following the pandemic, writes Catherine Allfrey, so they will have to work out how best to put this to use...

After one of the strongest quarters on record for global small caps, writes Trevor Gurwich, what does the new financial year hold for the sector?...

With the outlook still uncertain for retail and office sectors, Oksana Patron explores where fund managers are finding their alternative property exposure....

Running a financial advice practice has never been harder, Jassmyn Goh writes, and advisers must find efficiencies and restructure their revenue sources to deliver their ...

With a significant generational wealth transfer on the horizon, wealth managers and financial advisers will have to adapt their business models to take advantage, writes ...